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Inspiration highlights innovative initiatives and people influencing the tech industry while narrating the tales behind the ideas. It’s a place to honor originality, tenacity, and ground-breaking concepts that encourage others to pursue their dreams and make them a reality.
Beer with Robots: The Best Thing Since Beer without Robots
Concerned less with bettering mankind so much as revelry, the team at Willow Garage has spent what I can only...
iPhone 4 Signal Fiasco: Apple Gives You a Hand
The Great Signal Caper continues. Is it alright to call it a caper now? More things should be called capers....
YouTube and Ridley Scott Wanna Know What You’re Doin’ Next Saturday
No one ever said YouTube didn't run interesting contests. If someone did say that, they're clearly being ridiculous. Following up...
An Alternative For The Velcro-Footed Gentleman
Blake Bevin is some kind of hero-person. I've never quite handled tying my own shoes - I mean, like, sure...
NASA ‘Moonbase Alpha’ Game Hits Valve Steam Today
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nis2t9EubBs Remember growing up when people used to want to be astronauts? Well tomorrow’s people walk this planet today, and...
The most expensive iPhone 4 in the world
Sure, there might be some kind of problem with the signal bar -- perhaps it is software, as Apple claim,...
Would You Take A Zero-G Holiday?
Once upon a time we’d take fast fairground rides to get a sense of it, nowadays we can actually, you...
VIDEO: Your iPad Really Is A Digital Art Canvas
https://youtu.be/mPpZsnDo3Bw?si=ZX2pjsDG5FvGIasY Just in case you missed it, here’s a couple of video clips which pretty much underline the kind of...
It’s Official: ‘The Internet Is Over’, Says Prince
He may have written some classic hits, but Prince has no ‘Kiss’ to give in his latest ‘Purple Rain’ of...
The iPad Is So Mesmerizing, It Makes You Read Slower
Or, at least, these are the preliminary findings of a small test group comparing how and how quickly people read...
Groping People In Second Life Is About To Get Way More Real
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxlYY0xo4gk So, okay. It's possible that feeling up a virtual hottie is not quite what the designers of this incredible...
Despite Amazon’s Attempts, The Kindle is On Its Way Down
Just a short while ago, we all assumed the Kindle was to be for books what the iPod was to...
YouTube Hacked, Bieber Targeted
This morning it appears as though YouTube has been the subject of a malicious attack, with HTML in comments being...
Chinese Soldiers Are So Ronery
The news has been chock full this year about how China hates Google and Google hates China, but how does...
Driving Blind, Literally
This is both inspiring and terrifying. The National Federation of the Blind has been working diligently on creating a car...
Have We Already Been To Mars?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Isc5cKwi3GU Watch this. Study it. Chew on it for awhile. I'll let the original source say his piece. I was...
O (Geeky) Canada! The Great White North’s Contributions To Tech
Though it may not be a well-known date worldwide, July 1st is Canada Day! While technically speaking July 1st marks...
iPhone 4 Gets Shot, Microwaved – Y’know, Phone Stuff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Apcv0EgsuwU Cripes, people, it hasn't even been a week yet. Apple's working on a fix, alright? I promise. There's no...
Four Ways the Web Helps Challenge Authority
Today, new developments in media and technology are almost always about making people's lives easier and more fun. Social networks...
She Deafened Me With Science: DJ LHC Spins Its Own Hits
IDEA TIME: Let's stop talking about iPads and shit for a minute, yeah? Yeah. Let's just rap about this and...